my friend really wants to move out but his parents say no. but his 17 with a drivers license, a job and 7 grand in the bank is there any way he can be emancipated or leave with out being a run away??!?
2007-08-07 16:03:02 · 7 answers · asked by CoCoa 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
not unless he's being abused. if its a matter that he just doesnt want to do what mom and dad says, a judge is just going to laugh at him and recomend to his dad that he take a belt to him.
2007-08-07 16:09:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand the hurry. The minute he turns 18, he can move.
If it is that important, he can he can ask the local Children and Family Services office to mediate. If an agreement cannot be reached, he can hire a lawyer and file a petition with the court for a formal emancipation (sort of like divorcing your parents).
Its only one more year. It could take that long to get a court date.
2007-08-07 16:24:08 · answer #2 · answered by BruceN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have no business in this situation. You kids now have been led to believe that the world owes you something. Wake up!!!! I have a step-daughter that was emancipated 1 week before she turned 18. She was told that she would follow my rules as long as she lived in my house even after she turned 18. She had also gotten off restriction for her grades but as I found out a few weeks later the grades were falling again. She knew that she would be grounded from seeing her bf until her grades picked up again. She ran away with her bf and told someone at DHS that she was being abused and told a boatload of lies. And some IDIOT in the legal system had the brainfart to emancipate her. I guess they forgot to inform anyone before this court hearing. We were informed later by mail. If one of these idiots had looked at her age they could have told her to wait a week. This child quit school, & got pregnant. She had 6 mos. left to graduate. NOW, I will not even allow her to come on my property. If she wants to see her mother she has to pull up in the alley and honk. When she calls I hang up on her. I refuse to waste my time on a lying little whore. You had better leave your friend alone on this deal. If you kids could only see fast a bank account can dwindle living alone you wouldn't be in such a rush to do this stuff. I bet his parents would still have to help him in order for him to make it. No credit makes it difficult if not impossible to get apts., cars, loans, etc... DEAL WITH IT!!!!!
2007-08-08 06:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by pappyld04 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your friend is to be commended for saving up 7000 dollars at his young age. BUT, 7K will go VERY fast as soon as he is on his own. That kind of money won't even last him few months. Initial expenses are VERY high. You didn't say what kind of job he does or how much he makes, but being on his own means he need to pay for EVERYTHING on his own. I bet he is not able to do this.
Tell him to look carefully about his finances before he even considers moving out on his own. His goal is to make his life better. Not move out of his parents and get into worse situations.
2007-08-07 16:27:22 · answer #4 · answered by tkquestion 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he will need a lawyer and the lawyer will probably eat up that seven grand.
The kid's got just 1 more year to go max. Tell him to suck it up and wait till his 18th birthday, then he is emancipated automatically and he doesn't have to pay a dime to do it.
sheesh. The impatience of youth.....also a sign of immaturity.
2007-08-07 16:12:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
I don't know where kids get that from. The movies but there is NO such thing in the U.S. as the emmancipated minor the way you explain.
Now if you get married and are under age you are then emmancipated
2007-08-07 16:23:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He can petition the court "to confer rights of majority".
Chapter 4: http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/Index.asp?ftdb=STOKST10&level=1
2007-08-07 16:09:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋